jQuery.extend({
            handleError : function(s, xhr, status, e) {
                // If a local callback was specified, fire it
                if (s.error) {
                    s.error.call(s.context || s, xhr, status, e);
                }

                // Fire the global callback
                if (s.global) {
                    (s.context ? jQuery(s.context) : jQuery.event).trigger("ajaxError", [ xhr, s, e ]);
                }
            },

            createUploadIframe : function(id, uri) {
                // create frame
                var frameId = 'jUploadFrame' + id;
                var iframeHtml = '<iframe id="' + frameId + '" name="' + frameId + '" style="position:absolute; top:-9999px; left:-9999px"';
                if (window.ActiveXObject) {
                    if (typeof uri == 'boolean') {
                        iframeHtml += ' src="' + 'javascript:false' + '"';

                    } else if (typeof uri == 'string') {
                        iframeHtml += ' src="' + uri + '"';

                    }
                }
                iframeHtml += ' />';
                jQuery(iframeHtml).appendTo(document.body);

                return jQuery('#' + frameId).get(0);
            },
            createUploadForm : function(id, fileElementId, data) {
                // create form
                var formId = 'jUploadForm' + id;
                var fileId = 'jUploadFile' + id;
                var form = jQuery('<form  action="" method="POST" name="' + formId + '" id="' + formId
                        + '" enctype="multipart/form-data"></form>');
                if (data) {
                    for ( var i in data) {
                        jQuery('<input type="hidden" name="' + i + '" value="' + data[i] + '" />').appendTo(form);
                    }
                }
                var oldElement = jQuery('#' + fileElementId);
                var newElement = jQuery(oldElement).clone();
                jQuery(oldElement).attr('id', fileId);
                jQuery(oldElement).before(newElement);
                jQuery(oldElement).appendTo(form);

                // set attributes
                jQuery(form).css('position', 'absolute');
                jQuery(form).css('top', '-1200px');
                jQuery(form).css('left', '-1200px');
                jQuery(form).appendTo('body');
                return form;
            },

            ajaxFileUpload : function(s) {
                // TODO introduce global settings, allowing the client to modify
                // them for all requests, not only timeout
                s = jQuery.extend({}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, s);
                var id = new Date().getTime();
                var form = jQuery.createUploadForm(id, s.fileElementId, (typeof (s.data) == 'undefined' ? false : s.data));
                var io = jQuery.createUploadIframe(id, s.secureuri);
                var frameId = 'jUploadFrame' + id;
                var formId = 'jUploadForm' + id;
                // Watch for a new set of requests
                if (s.global && !jQuery.active++) {
                    jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxStart");
                }
                var requestDone = false;
                // Create the request object
                var xml = {};
                if (s.global)
                    jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxSend", [ xml, s ]);
                // Wait for a response to come back
                var uploadCallback = function(isTimeout) {
                    var io = document.getElementById(frameId);
                    try {
                        if (io.contentWindow) {
                            xml.responseText = io.contentWindow.document.body ? io.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML : null;
                            xml.responseXML = io.contentWindow.document.XMLDocument ? io.contentWindow.document.XMLDocument
                                    : io.contentWindow.document;

                        } else if (io.contentDocument) {
                            xml.responseText = io.contentDocument.document.body ? io.contentDocument.document.body.innerHTML : null;
                            xml.responseXML = io.contentDocument.document.XMLDocument ? io.contentDocument.document.XMLDocument
                                    : io.contentDocument.document;
                        }
                    } catch (e) {
                        jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
                    }
                    if (xml || isTimeout == "timeout") {
                        requestDone = true;
                        var status;
                        try {
                            status = isTimeout != "timeout" ? "success" : "error";
                            // Make sure that the request was successful or
                            // notmodified
                            if (status != "error") {
                                // process the data (runs the xml through
                                // httpData regardless of callback)
                                var data = jQuery.uploadHttpData(xml, s.dataType);
                                // If a local callback was specified, fire it
                                // and pass it the data
                                if (s.success)
                                    s.success(data, status);

                                // Fire the global callback
                                if (s.global)
                                    jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxSuccess", [ xml, s ]);
                            } else
                                jQuery.handleError(s, xml, status);
                        } catch (e) {
                            status = "error";
                            jQuery.handleError(s, xml, status, e);
                        }

                        // The request was completed
                        if (s.global)
                            jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxComplete", [ xml, s ]);

                        // Handle the global AJAX counter
                        if (s.global && !--jQuery.active)
                            jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxStop");

                        // Process result
                        if (s.complete)
                            s.complete(xml, status);

                        jQuery(io).unbind();

                        setTimeout(function() {
                            try {
                                jQuery(io).remove();
                                jQuery(form).remove();

                            } catch (e) {
                                jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
                            }

                        }, 100);

                        xml = null;

                    }
                };
                // Timeout checker
                if (s.timeout > 0) {
                    setTimeout(function() {
                        // Check to see if the request is still happening
                        if (!requestDone)
                            uploadCallback("timeout");
                    }, s.timeout);
                }
                ;
                try {

                    var form = jQuery('#' + formId);
                    jQuery(form).attr('action', s.url);
                    jQuery(form).attr('method', 'POST');
                    jQuery(form).attr('target', frameId);
                    if (form.encoding) {
                        jQuery(form).attr('encoding', 'multipart/form-data');
                    } else {
                        jQuery(form).attr('enctype', 'multipart/form-data');
                    }
                    jQuery(form).submit();

                } catch (e) {
                    jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
                }

                jQuery('#' + frameId).load(uploadCallback);
                return {
                    abort : function() {
                    }
                };

            },

            uploadHttpData : function(r, type) {
                var data = !type;
                data = type == "xml" || data ? r.responseXML : r.responseText;
                // If the type is "script", eval it in global context
                if (type == "script")
                    jQuery.globalEval(data);
                // Get the JavaScript object, if JSON is used.
                if (type == "json")
                    eval("data = " + data);
                // evaluate scripts within html
                if (type == "html")
                    jQuery("<div>").html(data).evalScripts();

                return data;
            }
        });